Violence at work : causes, patterns and prevention by Gill, M. L; Bowie, Vaughan; Fisher, Bonnie, 1959- instant download

Violence at work : causes, patterns and prevention by Gill, M. L; Bowie, Vaughan; Fisher, Bonnie, 1959- instant download

1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) :, Workplace violence has emerged as a growing concern in today's interdependent political economy, and increasing attention is being paid to the phenomenon both by business and in the academic world to identifying its causes and to devise strategies to prevent it. In this book a distinguished international team, composed of both academics and practitioners, identify and address the key issues. It reviews the earlier literature on workplace violence, identifying and assessing key trends and patterns of violence at work, and reapplying traditional theories of victimisation and approaches to preven, Includes bibliographical references and index, Defining violence at work : a new typology / Vaughan Bowie -- Occupational violence in industrialized countries : types, incidence patterns, and \"at risk\" groups of workers / Claire Mayhew -- Causal factors of violence in the workplace : a human resource professional's perspective / A. Giles Arway -- Developing a framework for understanding patterns of abuse and violence against businesses / Matt Hopkins -- The process of employee violence : the building of a workplace explosion / James F. Kenny -- Workplace violence in the USA : are there gender differences? / Shannon A. Santana and Bonnie S. Fisher -- The prevention of violence affecting workers : a systems perspective / Mark Braverman -- Standards for violence management training / Brodie Paterson and David Leadbetter -- Why workplace bullying and violence are different : protecting employees from both / Oonagh Barron -- Dealing with violence in the workplace : the experience of Canadian unions / Anthony Pizzino -- The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) : ten-year analysis of empirical findings / Raymond B. Flannery -- Violence at work : supporting the employee / Noreen Tehrani -- Concluding comments, Print version record